Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 333 › Conversation 333-010
Nixon & Woods on Presidential speech and Speechwriting
Wednesday, April 26, 1972 · 1:10 PM–1:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, review and refine the draft of an upcoming presidential speech. They discuss specific editorial revisions, including the removal of certain sections concerning South Vietnam to improve the clarity and length of the address. The conversation concludes with a plan for Woods to finalize the edits and submit the draft to the President for a final review.
- Presidential speech
- Speechwriting
- South Vietnam
- Editorial revisions
- Executive workflow
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 333-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 333-10
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person [Rose Mary Woods?].
The President's speech
-Suggested addition
-Draft page
-Speechwriters
-Changes
-Deletions
-South Vietnamese
-Revisions
-Length
-Completion
-ReviewAlso recorded on April 26, 1972
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- 333-009 1:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 333-011 1:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 333-012 1:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 333-013 1:10 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 333-014 1:10 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 333-015 1:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 023-081 1:45 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 2:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 333-010, April 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/333-010 (accessed October 9, 2026).